Adjustable shade-roller hanger.



K. W. BARRAGER. ADJUSTABLE SHADE ROLLER HANGER.

APPLICATLON FILED JUNE 16. I914.

1,144,283. Patented June 22, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHO, WASHINGTON. D. C,

KENNETH BARRAGER, OF ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NEW JERSEY.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE-ROLLER HANGER.

To all whom it may concern Be it .known that I, KENNETH W. BAR- RAGER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic Highlands, in thecounty of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Adjustable Shade-Roller Hangers; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in shaderoller hangers and has for its primary object to provide a device ofthis character which will be adjustable and of extremely simpleconstruction and operation as well as cheap to manufacture and easy tosecure in position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracterwhich will be of such construction that it may be readily adjusted towindows of various widths and the supports for the opposite ends of theshade roller adjusted upon the sectional body of the device, to properlysupport the shade roller.

This invention has for a further object to provide a device of thischaracter which will be constructed in such manner that the parts willbe resiliently retained in a'djusted position thereby assuring the shadethereof being properly held in suspended position and also preventingdisengagement of the sections of the body of the device from the windowframe.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in oer-i tain novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a front elevation of the complete device in use, Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the device removed, with one end thereofbroken away, Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the outer end of oneof the sections of the body, Fig. A is a detail perspective view of oneof the hade Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed June 16, 1914. Serial No. 845,404.

roller supports, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of the opposite shaderoller support.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1designates one section of the body of the device, while 2 designates theopposite section slidably mounted upon the same and adapted to be guidedin its longitudinal movement by means of the guide pins 3 carriedtherebyadjacent the inner end of said section 2 and engaged through theelongated longitudinal slot 4: formed in the inner end of the section 1,thereby making itimpossible for one of the sections of the body to movelaterally independently ofthe other section. The sections 1 and 2 arealso provided upon their outer ends with the inwardly directed claws 5and 6 respectively for engagement in the opposite sides ofia windowframe 7 or the like, to properly support the complete device inposition, the sections 1 and 2 being drawn upon one another andresiliently retained in proper position by means of a helical spring 8which has one end secured to the stationary pin 9 carried by the section1, while its :opposite end is secured to the upwardly curved inner end10 of the section 2. It

will be readily seen that this spring 8 will serve to draw the claws 5and 6 toward one another and retain said claws in engagement with theopposite sides of the window frame 7 after the sections 1 and 2 havebeen drawn outwardly upon one another and the claws 5 and 6 properlyengaged in said window frame 7 Mounted upon the outer face of thesection 1 is a shade roller support 11 which has its outwardly directedfree outer end 12 with a suitable opening 13 provided therein forreceiving one end of a shade roller upon which the shade 1 1 is mounted.The support 11 is slidably mounted upon the section 1 of the body and isguided in its lonwhich the shade 14 is mounted.

cured to the pin' 9, previously mentioned, whereby said support 11 willbe resiliently retained in its, innermost position and prevented frommoving outwardly after "the shade roller has been secured in position.It will be seen that the pin 9 serves a double purpose as, both the}spring 8 and the spring '17 are secured thereto and extended in oppositedirections.

Mounted upon the body section 2 at its outer end is positioned a shaderoller support 18- w-hi-ch is adapted to be guided in its longitudinalmovement upon said body section 2 by means of the guide pins 19 carriedby said body section 2 and projecting through the elongated longitudinalslots 20 in said roller support 18'. The shade roller support 18 isresiliently retained in its in nermost position and prevented frommoving outwardly after the shade rollerhas been placed in position andsecured in said supports 11 and 18, by means of the helical spring 21which has one end secured to the outwardly curved inner end 22 of saidsupport 18, while its opposite end is secured to a pin 23 carried bysaid body section 2. It will be understood that the outer end of thesupport 18 is extended outwardly, as shown at 24, and providedwi-th asuitable opening 25 to receive one end ofthe roller upon From theforegoing it will be readily seen that I have provided a shade rollerhanger which will be composed of the minimum number of parts and may bereadily adj usted for window framesand shade rollers of various sizes,and should any oftheparts become worn or broken, they may be readilyreplaced at a small cost.

While I have shown and described the pre- Gopies of this patent may beobtained for; five cents each, by:v addressing this Washington, 1}, GJ"l nvention as claimed or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What is claimed is An adjustable shade roller hanger comprising a bodysection provided near its inner end with a longitudinally extendingelongated slot, another body section having overlapped engagement withthe first named bodysection, guide pins carried by said other bodysection and passing through said elongated slotto adj'ustably connectthe sections, a claw formed on the outer end of each body section, anupturned lug formed on the inner end of said other body section,

a contractile spring secured at one end to saidfirst named body sectionand at its other end to said lug, a pair of shade roller supports,eachof said supports being provided with an elongated slotextendinglongitudinally thereof, guide pins carried by the sections and passingthroughthe slots of: the supports to. adjlustablymount a support uponeach section, lug-stormed on the, inner ends of: said supports, acontractile spring secured to the lug of one of the supports and to oneof the body sections, and another contracti le spring secured to the lugof the other support andto said other body section.

Inttestimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses:

Ano SIEGEL, JOHN SWEENEY;

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